Keshena vs Legend Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Keshena and Legend Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Keshena and Legend Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Keshena has the higher population (1,487 vs 1,478 in Legend Lake). Legend Lake has the higher median household income ($69,178 vs $41,375 in Keshena). Legend Lake has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $112,000 in Keshena).

Population, income & housing

	Keshena	Legend Lake
Population	1,487	1,478
Median age	21.2 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,375	$69,178
Median home value	$112,000	$116,200
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	416	1,297
Homeownership rate	30.4%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keshena	Legend Lake
Population	1,438 → 1,487 (+3.4%)	1,486 → 1,478 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$34,677 → $41,375 (+19.3%)	$53,782 → $69,178 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $112,000 (+29.0%)	$161,500 → $116,200 (-28.0%)
Median gross rent	$524 → $638 (+21.8%)	—

Keshena

Population

1,4381,487

Median household income

$34,677$41,375

Median home value

$86,800$112,000

Median gross rent

$524$638

Legend Lake

Population

1,4861,478

Median household income

$53,782$69,178

Median home value

$161,500$116,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keshena	Legend Lake
Under 5	8.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	30.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	15.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.1%
55 to 64	6.4%	25.8%
65 to 74	3.6%	19.1%
75 and over	3.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keshena	Legend Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	83.7%	65.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keshena	Legend Lake
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	53.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keshena	Legend Lake
Drove alone	85.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keshena	Legend Lake
1-unit, detached	90.9%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Keshena	Legend Lake
Poverty rate	43.9%	5.7%
Average household size	3.88	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1988	1985